Headstart Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Headstart Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) continue the administrative arrangement responsible for meeting the needs of migrant and Indian children; and (2) assure that appropriate funding is provided to meet such needs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible agencies for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Headstart program focused primarily on preschool age children from low-income families. Requires that such program provide: (1) comprehensive health, nutritional, educational, social, and other services; and (2) for direct participation, at the local level, of parents in the overall program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Allots 78 percent of the total appropriation to the States. Distributes one-third of such allotment on the basis of the relative number of children up to age five in families receiving payments under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, and two- thirds on the basis of the relative number of children up to age five in families below the poverty line. Reserves 20 percent (or 15 percent once appropriations reach a specified lev…